Blood Letter and Straight shot

[Lecreuset]

Blood letter is now 130 potency instead of 150
Straight shot is now 130 instead of 140

I thought we were only getting a cross class skill adjustment? Why wasn't this mentioned in the notes?


Here's hoping this is just a tooltip error

[ReplicaX]

If it isn't a typo and is indeed a change, it was not announced. It would effect BRD's sustained dmg which since launch was already the lowest.

Verification from SE on this is needed.

[KV-1]

Just logged on to confirm this.

Wow, ninja nerfs. I'm kinda speechless right now. And disappointed.

EDIT: Unless it's a bug. I posted on the Bug forum just in case.

[Grimner]

Just imagine how fun those 2 bard DFs are going to be now..! Bleh. Time to level another class.

[Lurkios]

You have got to be kidding me...

SE, I'm getting real tired of your BS. "Oh don't worry, it's only cross-class skills we're "adjusting"!" So your solution is to go ahead, nerf whatever the hell you feel like, and not tell us. AWESOME.

EDIT: Looks like the problem is carelessness, not outright malice. I'm not seeing any difference in damage output, guessing they messed up the tooltip.

[Warlyx]

really? LOL because Bard was the highest DPS on 8 mans?....oh wait no, brd was the lowest....ROF NERF, Buffs nerfed , Main attakcs nerfed......gg

[Starplayer]

Wow, so now they're resorting to ninja nerfs? WTF is going on here?? When I chose to gear bard over my other classes, I never realized that it would amount to countless hours wasted. SERIOUSLY SE, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! How much more could you possibly nerf one class?? This may be the last straw for me...

[Lecreuset]

I'm hoping this is just a tooltip error lol

[Naberrie]

This is why I waited till after 2.1 to do any serious end game gearing, even when people were telling me I needed to gear my BRD ASAP. Nah, I'll wait to see what kind of nerf bat SE hits BRD with. I knew something was coming.

Wonder if I can quit that relict reborn quest and do another job instead...

I hope it is a tooltip error, but I played FFXI. I've seen this before.

[Brady672]

While I don't think these nerfs were required in the slightest, I think they're setting up Bard for the inevitable "Hybrid" role that Bard is already supposedly filling.

I'd be totally okay if they buffed their actual support with this nerf, but nada :/